Quotes about Toughness
Miami Dolphins lineman, wrote in his book On God's Squad, "I guarantee you Christ would be the toughest guy who ever played this game. . . . If he were alive today I would picture a six-foot-six-inch 260-pound defensive tackle who would always make the big plays and would be hard to keep out of the backfield for offensive linemen like myself.
— Philip Yancey
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting but never hit soft
— Theodore Roosevelt
You'll find us rough, sir, but you'll find us ready.
— Charles Dickens
Be tough minded but tenderhearted.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
The hammer shatters glass but forges steel.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Wrap me in the weathers of the earth, I will be hard and hard. My face will turn rain like the stones.
— Cormac McCarthy
Goodness, man, don't be so lachrymose.
— DH Lawrence
I reckon a man in a tight might let Bill Varner patch him up like a mule, but I be damned if the man that'd let Anse Bundren treat him with raw cement aint got more spare legs than I have.
— William Faulkner
Tough shit, buddy. Your tough shit...
— Toni Morrison
Understanding the glory of being a godly woman and acting with the strength and toughness of a woman who understands she was created in the image of God, forgiven of her sins through the work of Jesus Christ, and gifted and empowered by God's Holy Spirit to live the life God has called her to live.
— Gary Thomas
Why do you suppose the poets talk about hearts?' he asked me suddenly. 'When they discuss emotional damage? The tissue of hearts is tough as a shoe. Did you ever sew up a heart?
— Barbara Kingsolver
Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.
— Dennis Prager